Improved head-block for carriages



T. M. CLUXTON. Head Block for Carriage.

' I Patented 0a. 20, 1868.-

a. will T. M. CLUXTON, OF RISING SUN,ASSIGNOR T GARLINGHOUSE, 0F NORTH MADTSON, INDIANA.

7 Letters Patent No. 83,256, dated October 20, 1868.

IMPROVED HEAD-BLOCK l FOR CARRIAGES.

The Schedule referred to' in these Letters Patent: and making part of the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern Be it known that I, '1. M. OLUXTON, of Rising Sun, in the county of Ohio, and Stateof Indiana, have invented a new and improved Head-Block for Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and5-use the same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan.or topview of my improved head-block for carriages.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, taken on the plane of the line 90 x, fig. 1.

parts.

My invention consists in a head-block for carriages and other similarly-constructed vehicles, made of malleable iron or other suitable material, in the shape of the letter T, with the upper portion of that part of it forming the shank of the T grooved out, for the front end of the reach to rest in, and in which it is secured Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding the head of the T, is grooved out, to receive the front spring of the carriage.

In the accompanying drawings- A represents the top of the head-block, and

B, the shank.

' G is the front end of the reach, embedded in the groove in theshank B, and the dotted linesc c represent the bolts or rivets by which it is held therein.

1), Fig.2, represents the bottom-supporting plate of the reach G, and r E E, fig. 1, are the side-braces secured on the reach O by the'bolt e c, and in the recesses on the-shank B of the head-block by the bolt 0 e.

H represents the front spring of the vehicle as embedded in the groove in the top, A, of the head-blook.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, isf In the T- shaped head-block A- B for carii-ageathe combination of the recessed extension-arm. B with the supporting-plate D, and braces E E, arranged as herein described and set forth.

The above specification of my invention, signed by me, thisBth-day of April, 1868.

. T. M. OLUXTON. Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

o HlMSELFAND GEORGE 

